NASA Delays SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to November 3 Due to Weather Conditions

SPACE 10.31.2021 21:30 PM

NASA confirmed on Saturday that the SpaceX Crew-3 mission would be delayed until November 3 due to weather conditions.

Crew-2 Astronauts Will Have to Use Undergarments For Waste Management As Toilet in SpaceX's Dragon is Off-Limits

10.30.2021 22:02 PM

NASA announced that SpaceX's toilet on its Crew Dragon Endeavour will be off-limits for the four Crew-2 mission astronauts when they return to Earth due to possible urine leak like the one in the Inspiration4 flight in September.

NASA Awards Charles River Analytics Contract to Support Lunar Robot Exploration

10.30.2021 20:35 PM

Charles River Analytics has been awarded a ~$125K contract from NASA to give teams of exploration robots the ability to act as an autonomous swarm.

First 3D View of Jupiter's Atmosphere Shows the Great Red Spot is Deeper Than Expected, NASA's Juno Reveals

10.29.2021 05:50 AM

NASA's Juno probe has finally got close enough to Jupiter's Giant Red Spot to measure its depth, which measures between 186 to 310 miles (300 to 500 kilometers) deep.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Shares Spooky Spiderweb Just In Time For Halloween

10.28.2021 23:20 PM

This year's Halloween observation from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope is a carbon star CW Leonis that looks like a space spiderweb.

NASA Juno Spacecraft Compares Jupiter's Great Red Spot To A Floating Pancake Above the Clouds

10.28.2021 22:09 PM

The Great Red Spot in Jupiter, which is massive and slowly spreading across Jupiter, stretches hundreds of miles into the planet's atmosphere, NASA's Juno spacecraft says.

Massive X1 Solar Flare Could Result In Impressive Aurora Lights This Weekend

10.28.2021 21:02 PM

The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently posted on Twitter two views of the Sun as it fired off a major solar flare.

Godzilla Nebula? Unreleased Spitzer Space Telescope Image Captured a Cosmic Figure Like the Monster

10.28.2021 06:35 AM

A new nebula image from the Spitzer Space Telescope reveals a figure similar to the kaiju Godzilla. Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon where individuals could see imaginative figures such as faces and objects in a random abstract.

How Do NASA Mars Perseverance Rover, Probes Call Home From Billions of Light Years Away? Can DSN Help?

10.28.2021 01:31 AM

Using the Deep Space Network, NASA can still communicate with rovers and space probes billions of miles apart from Earth.

Mixed Reality Utilized by NASA to Repair the Cold Atom Lab Aboard ISS

10.28.2021 01:10 AM

Mixed reality has been used by NASA to upgrade the ISS facility called the Cold Atom Lab. NASA adapted a new level of mixed reality technology that will be usable for the future of the space agency's upgrades and installation process for one of the International Space Station's specialized facilities called the Cold Atom Lab.

NASA Requests to Maximize Efficiency and Sustainability of SLS, Offers Private Development Half the Price To Clone Rockets

10.27.2021 23:45 PM

NASA released a request to the private industry regarding iits new terms over the Space Launch System rocket and its corresponding ground-based equipment.

NASA Juno Spacecraft Team To Reveal Jupiter’s 3D Atmosphere; What Did The Probe See?

10.27.2021 22:48 PM

NASA will host a virtual media conference on Thursday at 3 p.m. EDT to explain the latest Juno mission data.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Faces Another Glitch Yet Again; Team Fixing on Safe Mode

10.27.2021 00:40 AM

NASA Hubble Space Telescope malfunctioned again due to synchronization issues. The engineers placed the instrument on safe mode and are now fixing the issue.

SpaceX Fixes Crew Dragon Capsule Toilet Issues Ahead Of Halloween Launch

10.26.2021 23:50 PM

The Crew-3 mission is scheduled to launch on October 31, and SpaceX has been able to resolve a problem with its Crew Dragon capsule in time.

Space Tourism Company Opts for Russian Soyuz to Bring Astronaut to ISS After SpaceX Reservation Expires

10.25.2021 23:40 PM

A seat on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft costs between $50 and $60 million, according to Space Adventures President Tom Shelley.

NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory Telescope Finds Signs of First Planet Found Outside Milky Way

10.25.2021 22:18 PM

Astronomers using NASA's powerful Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope may have recently discovered evidence of the first exoplanet circling a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy.

How Fast Does Each Planet in the Solar System Spin? Watch These Planetary Animations To Find the Answer

10.25.2021 06:03 AM

JAXA planetary scientist Dr. James O'Donoghue makes animations of planets during his free time. One of his works is an animation of how fast each planet in the Solar System spins and it has been viewed almost over 1.6 million times.

Hubble Space Telescope Found Two Interacting Galaxies 200 Million Light-Years Away

10.24.2021 22:28 PM

NASA Hubble Space Telescope found a pair of 'squabbling' galaxies in a cosmic dance. The findings might provide insight into the development of the universe.

NASA Says Lucy Spacecraft Now in Cruise Mode Despite Solar Array Issues

10.24.2021 00:00 AM

NASA Lucy asteroid probe settles into cruise mode as engineers work to fix a solar array issue. While engineers investigate the problem, the spaceship is safe.

NASA Perseverance Rover Sends Back Audio, Video While Waiting For Ingenuity to Fly Again After 2-Week Hiatus

10.23.2021 22:39 PM

During the solar conjunction, NASA's Perseverance rover captured up to five hours of noises on Mars. Ingenuity is gearing up for its Test 14 assignment as well.

NASA Plans to Buy More Seats From Private Sectors to Ferry Astronauts To and From the International Space Station

10.22.2021 21:11 PM

NASA announced that it has a need for additional crew rotations flights to the International Space Station beyond the 12 missions it awarded Boeing and SpaceX under current contracts, which will be determined based on missions requirements.